A Woman with a Dog and Bird
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Object Details
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Description
- Standing figure of a woman in profile with a dog in front of her. Signature in the lower right.
- Signatures
- Signature: J.W. ca. 1850-1851.
- Provenance
- To 1904
- Mrs. E.W. Hall, to 1904 [1]
- From 1904 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Mrs. E.W. Hall in 1904 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See the letter from Mrs. Hall, located in the Envelope file. See also, List of Whistler Paintings, etc., Transferred to Smithsonian Institution, January 3, 1921, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remark 2, G.D. Guest, 1927, in the object record, the Registration number for this object was changed so as to correspond with the year of purchase.
- [2] See note 1.
- [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Drawings, Etchings, and Lithographs, 1959 (April 15, 1959 to November 2, 1959)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Mrs. E. W. Hall (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- ca. 1850-1851
- Accession Number
- F1904.453
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Ink on light brown paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 8.8 x 6.9 cm (3 7/16 x 2 11/16 in)
- Origin
- United States
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- bird
- woman
- dog
- United States
- American Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1904.453
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye345c855a3-a6d0-4025-8475-3a08257353f9
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